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Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:45:12 -0700Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:45:12 -0700http://www.flickr.com/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/4/buddyicons/80832649@N00.jpg?1107796151#80832649@N00Uploads from Ministry, tagged kingsdale, with geodatahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/tags/kingsdale/
Main entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UKhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/5997092317/
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<p>Looking in from the main entrance. The dead leaves almost certainly blew/washed in from there, rather than being the strand line of a flood of the entire cave &ndash; but the latter does happen.<br />
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It's not immediately obvious that the muddy foreground descends rather steeply to the gravel floor of the Main Chamber, whilst the low ceiling abruptly opens out just beyond the nearest rocks; few standing outside, stooping to peer in, would realise that the Main Chamber is ~15 m tall.<br />
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Once further inside, I wasn't aware of the slight mist apparent in this photo. I suspect it was a localised temperature effect: warm air can carry more moisture than cooler, so where warm outside air meets cave air already saturated and consistently at 7-9&deg;C, the former cools and water condenses out.<br />
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It's not immediately obvious that the muddy foreground descends rather steeply to the gravel floor of the Main Chamber, whilst the low ceiling abruptly opens out just beyond the nearest rocks; few standing outside, stooping to peer in, would realise that the Main Chamber is ~15 m tall.<br />
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Once further inside, I wasn't aware of the slight mist apparent in this photo. I suspect it was a localised temperature effect: warm air can carry more moisture than cooler, so where warm outside air meets cave air already saturated and consistently at 7-9&deg;C, the former cools and water condenses out.<br />
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<p>Apart from the huge void of the Main Chamber, this is a typical view of the cave's sides and alcoves: tall walls and shafts vanishing beyond the range of my light, their numerous irregularities and pillars somewhat unified by a coating of flowstone. It's a surprisingly colourful environment, too.<br />
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It's difficult to judge height when looking straight up the shaft (particularly using only a hand torch – I couldn't see much of this view until I downloaded the images!), but I'd guess this feature is well over 10 m tall.<br />
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Better <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=5981190876&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">On Black</a>?</p>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:36:12 -07002011-04-20T12:28:30-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ministry)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/598119087654.206873 -2.45335754.206873-2.45335720091797Buttress beside Chapter House doorway, Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK<p>Apart from the huge void of the Main Chamber, this is a typical view of the cave's sides and alcoves: tall walls and shafts vanishing beyond the range of my light, their numerous irregularities and pillars somewhat unified by a coating of flowstone. It's a surprisingly colourful environment, too.<br />
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It's difficult to judge height when looking straight up the shaft (particularly using only a hand torch – I couldn't see much of this view until I downloaded the images!), but I'd guess this feature is well over 10 m tall.<br />
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<p>Looking slightly upwards; the ledge from which water was splashing is ~3 m above the waterfall's plunge pool. From memory, I suppose that means the shaft above drops near-vertically ~10 m from the Upper Series cave.<br />
Attractive (and noisy, in the enclosed chamber) as this waterfall was, there was minimal flow in Yordas Beck* today &ndash; I think I'd like to return soon after a <em>moderate</em> amount of rain, though not alone, and certainly not after severe rainfall.<br />
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*: Yordas, from the Norse <em>&quot;jord-ass&quot;</em>, meaning <em>&quot;earth-stream&quot;</em>. So this isn't Yorda<strong>'</strong>s Cave, okay? ;)<br />
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Better <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=5953590279&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">On Black</a>?</p>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:03:12 -07002011-04-20T12:30:53-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ministry)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/595359027954.206905 -2.45344854.206905-2.45344820091797Waterfall, Chapter House, Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK<p>Looking slightly upwards; the ledge from which water was splashing is ~3 m above the waterfall's plunge pool. From memory, I suppose that means the shaft above drops near-vertically ~10 m from the Upper Series cave.<br />
Attractive (and noisy, in the enclosed chamber) as this waterfall was, there was minimal flow in Yordas Beck* today &ndash; I think I'd like to return soon after a <em>moderate</em> amount of rain, though not alone, and certainly not after severe rainfall.<br />
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*: Yordas, from the Norse <em>&quot;jord-ass&quot;</em>, meaning <em>&quot;earth-stream&quot;</em>. So this isn't Yorda<strong>'</strong>s Cave, okay? ;)<br />
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<p>Looking through the flowstone 'curtain' which separates the Main Chamber from the enclosed Chapter House cave, with the plunge pool of a tall waterfall (itself visible on the far wall) neatly contained behind the lip of the step.<br />
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Though the proportions and shape of the ~1&frac34;m-tall aperture are suspiciously convenient for a showcave, I didn't find obvious indications that it had been created artificially in the early Victorian era; I suppose it might have been enlarged/reshaped. Even in better light, I'm not confident I could distinguish century-old concrete from millenia-old flowstone; after a certain point, they're both intraclastic limestone.<br />
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Though the proportions and shape of the ~1&frac34;m-tall aperture are suspiciously convenient for a showcave, I didn't find obvious indications that it had been created artificially in the early Victorian era; I suppose it might have been enlarged/reshaped. Even in better light, I'm not confident I could distinguish century-old concrete from millenia-old flowstone; after a certain point, they're both intraclastic limestone.<br />
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<p>Michael reported that this skull was no longer in place within an hour of him taking <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjfdunne/5610398065/">a photo</a>, but here it is the following week, definitely the same skull, on a gate post beside Rowten Pot.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/5766253666/" title="Main entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5183/5766253666_46bde6b6bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="113" alt="Main entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK" /></a></p>
<p>A different angle on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/5664388885/">an earlier image</a>.<br />
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<p>Again at the back of the Main Chamber, leaving the Chapter House.<br />
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In many places, formations like this seem (and yes, I'm speculating!) to have been formed by calcite gradually consolidating loose fragments of rock &ndash; perhaps from a roof collapse &ndash; exactly like manufactured cement, if <em>slightly</em> slower. Remaining unconsolidated debris would then have been removed, perhaps by flood flows of the now gravel-bedded stream crossing the floor of the huge Main Chamber. Further pendulous surface deposits attractively help illustrate why this was a showcave in the Victorian era.<br />
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In many places, formations like this seem (and yes, I'm speculating!) to have been formed by calcite gradually consolidating loose fragments of rock &ndash; perhaps from a roof collapse &ndash; exactly like manufactured cement, if <em>slightly</em> slower. Remaining unconsolidated debris would then have been removed, perhaps by flood flows of the now gravel-bedded stream crossing the floor of the huge Main Chamber. Further pendulous surface deposits attractively help illustrate why this was a showcave in the Victorian era.<br />
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<p>In the western wall of the northern annex to the Main Chamber.<br />
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The immediate foreground is about a metre wide, narrowing steadily, so I couldn't go any further, but the sound of falling water and visible flow around my feet indicated this comes almost directly from the waterfall and pool in the Chapter House.<br />
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The immediate foreground is about a metre wide, narrowing steadily, so I couldn't go any further, but the sound of falling water and visible flow around my feet indicated this comes almost directly from the waterfall and pool in the Chapter House.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/5664388885/" title="Main entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5068/5664388885_6cc9417ca2_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Main entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK" /></a></p>
<p>And the exit; always a useful landmark.<br />
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Seen from the back of the Main Chamber, leaving the Chapter House. Obviously one can't tell from this image, but the Main Chamber is substantial: a 50x15x15 m rough cuboid, the ceiling only lower in the adjoining Entrance Chamber. The latter, in the background, has a (very slippery - ow) mud floor, but the foreground is the bed of a stream (the eponymous <em>'jord-ass'</em>, or <em>'earth stream'</em>), regularly flushed clean &ndash; I couldn't have stood here last time I visited.<br />
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Seen from the back of the Main Chamber, leaving the Chapter House. Obviously one can't tell from this image, but the Main Chamber is substantial: a 50x15x15 m rough cuboid, the ceiling only lower in the adjoining Entrance Chamber. The latter, in the background, has a (very slippery - ow) mud floor, but the foreground is the bed of a stream (the eponymous <em>'jord-ass'</em>, or <em>'earth stream'</em>), regularly flushed clean &ndash; I couldn't have stood here last time I visited.<br />
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<p>Quite apart from having been the seat of a sheep's consciousness, this is simply a beautiful object &ndash; consider the texture, the convoluted fissures, the remarkable filligree in the nose, the translucence of the orbit and, overall, the temptingly tactile curves. Stunning.<br />
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<p>Under normal conditions, rainwater falling in Kingsdale rapidly vanishes underground into the extensive cave systems, and the bed of the beck is left virtually dry; the surface stream is only active after heavier seasonal rainfall. I presume this is the reason the beck changes name below Raven Ray, from the limestone-bedded, seasonal Kingsdale Beck to the sandstone-bedded, perennial River Twiss.<br />
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<p>It's hardly surprising that the dry stone wall is barely visible against the limestone exposure unless the low sun catches it, as it's made of exactly the same rock.<br />
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Better <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3217048975&amp;size=large" rel="nofollow">On Black</a>?</p>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:03:35 -08002006-11-09T16:52:20-08:00nobody@flickr.com (Ministry)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/321704897554.178496 -2.47423054.178496-2.47423028276321Keld Head Scar, Kingsdale, near Ingleton, North Yorkshire, UK<p>It's hardly surprising that the dry stone wall is barely visible against the limestone exposure unless the low sun catches it, as it's made of exactly the same rock.<br />
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<p>This is as far as I could get without ropes. Considering Rowten Pot is almost completely vertical, that's hardly surprising.<br />
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<p>Yordas Gill vanishes underground just below this point.<br />
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<p>Considering the number of times I've visited Ingleborough, never mind the number of times I've seen its unmistakable profile from elsewhere, how did I fail to notice that obvious landslide scar until today?<br />
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<p>This is a near-textbook demonstration of limestone cave formation by subsurface running water.<br />
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Initially, flow along a bedding plane dissolves a lens-shaped (in cross section) channel: a phreatic tube, completely filled by water, as it's below the local water table.<br />
If the water table subsequently drops (possibly because a cave network has developed! ) the cave may cease to be completely water-filled (becoming vadose) and further solutional erosion will be restricted to the floor. Hence, a vertical slot is incised, producing a cave with a T-shaped cross-section, as here - ignore the loose rock (roof collapse?) at the junction of the 'T'.<br />
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From memory, I'd estimate the vertical section is ~1.75 m high by ~0.75 m wide, whilst the original 'lens' at the top is probably ~0.3 m high by ~1.75 m wide.<br />
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Initially, flow along a bedding plane dissolves a lens-shaped (in cross section) channel: a phreatic tube, completely filled by water, as it's below the local water table.<br />
If the water table subsequently drops (possibly because a cave network has developed! ) the cave may cease to be completely water-filled (becoming vadose) and further solutional erosion will be restricted to the floor. Hence, a vertical slot is incised, producing a cave with a T-shaped cross-section, as here - ignore the loose rock (roof collapse?) at the junction of the 'T'.<br />
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From memory, I'd estimate the vertical section is ~1.75 m high by ~0.75 m wide, whilst the original 'lens' at the top is probably ~0.3 m high by ~1.75 m wide.<br />
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